Kosylo M. Development of Tourist-Ethnographic Work in Out-of-School Educational Institutions of Ukraine (Second Half of the XX - Beginning of the XXI Century).

The dissertation reveals the historiography, source base and conceptual-categorical research apparatus. The preconditions of development of tourist-ethnographic activity in the system of out-of-school education have been characterized, the main tendencies and stages of formation and settling of the organizational structure of out-of-school establishments as for the development of tourist-ethnographic work in Soviet times and during the modern period have been cleared up. The functions of tourist-ethnographic activity of out-of-school educational establishments have been determined. The complex analysis of the main forms of tourist-ethnographic work in out-of-school educational establishments of Ukraine of the studied period as well as the content and methods of their realization has been carried out. The regional peculiarities of activity of out-of-school tourist-ethnographic establishments of the state have been singled out, the possibilities of creative use of this experience in the modern educational process have been grounded.